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Wenerei Drive with Brett 30th July

I must apologise. I was going to add some thoughts and post this on Thursday morning, but I was distracted from the task at hand, so it’s a few days late.

I’ll quickly mention Nick Cave’s lecture, The Secret Life of the Love Song. It was written for the Vienna Poetry Festival in 1998 and released as audio on CD in 2000. Whether you think it is fantastic or melodramatic and overblown will probably depend on your existing opinion of Nick Cave. If you don’t like him, don’t bother. If you do like him, track it down. The University of Canterbury library has a copy, and I’m sure the nice folks at Galaxy Records will be able to import one for you.

The lecture’s crux is the argument that a love song is a sad song. A song which expresses both the joy and the sorrow of longing. (Roughly the theme of the songs I played in the last hour of the show) Also on the CD is a lecture on christianity ‘The Flesh Made Word’ and a few recordings of Mr Cave’s songs. The version of ‘West Country Girl’ is worth the price of admission alone.

Also, I’m quite excited about the new album from The Bug – ‘London Zoo’ which is out on Ninjatune. (myspace) Poison Darts has been kicking round the playlist for a little while, and I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of the record.